Garment hanger



June 25, 1940. w. A. NELSON 2,205,489

GARMENT HANGER Filed NOV. 12, 1938 AZZarnegs Patented June 25, 1940- I VQ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,205,489 GARMENT HANGER WilliamA. Nelson,Minneapolis, Minn. ApplicationNovember 12, 1938, Serial No. 240,064

' 3 claims. (01. 223-95) My invention relates to garment hangers andhanger, I have shown construction arranged in particularly to hangersfor trousers. accordance with my invention. The wire from A large numberof hangers have been devised which the structure is made includes aportion 8 for accommodating trousers but in most instances extendinggenerally horizontally between the 5 such hangers have not proven to beentirely satlower and outer extremities of the sloping side 5 isfactory.Some hangers are such that trousers portions 1. The generallyhorizontally extending hung on the same may easily and often do falllower portion 8 is bent to form near each end therefrom. Also manyhangers are of such conthereof a series of upwardly projecting prongs orstruction as to produce undesired creases or fingers'fla. The wire is sobent that the upper 10 marks on trousers supported thereby. ends of theprongs 8a are at substantially the 10 An object of my invention is toprovide a same level as the unbent parts of the horizontally trousershanger from which a pair of trousers extending portion 8. Allof thefingers or prongs hung thereon may not readily become acciden- 8a of therespective groups or series thereof are tally disengaged. disposed in avertical plane common to the Another object is to provide such a hangerunbent parts of the lower portion 8, the sloping 15 which not only doesnot produce undesired side portions 1, the shank 6 and the hook 5.creases or marks on a pair of trousers supported In Fig. 1, the culfedends of a pair of trouser thereby but alsotends'to maintain a press insaid legs 9 are shown in dotted lines to illustrate the trousers. mannerin which a pair of trousers may be Yet another object is to provide sucha hanger attached to the hanger for support therefrom. 20 which iscapable of supporting a pair of trousers The trousers are disposed ininverted position so by the cuffs thereof and maintaining a tension thatthe cuffs 9a thereof are uppermost. One on said cufis. of the cuifs 9ais disposed at one side of the A further object is to provide such ahanger hanger and the other side of the cuffs 9a is disof simple, light,compact and inexpensive conposed at the other side of the hanger. Onesof 25 struction and which may be made as a part of a the prongs 8a inthe respective groups thereof are structure adapted for use as a coathanger or inserted at the respective ends of one of the cuffs made as anattachment adapted to be'used in 9a in the space between the outer layerof the conjunction with a conventional coat hanger. cuff andthe portionof the trouser leg 9 under- These and other objects and advantages ofthe lying this outer layer. For this purpose, such 30 present inventionwill more fully appear from the ones of -the prongs 8a are selectedsolely in following description; made in connection with accordance withthe length of the cufis to mainthe accompanying drawing, wherein likerefer- 'tain the cuif under tension, with the respective ence charactersrefer to the same or similar parts prongs engaging the inner sides ofthe creased 36 throughout the various views, and in which, ends of thecuff. The necessary tension is avail- Fig. l is a front view of anembodiment of my able because of the resiliency of the wire frominvention constructed as a part of a wire coat which the hanger is made.The remaining one hanger structure; of the cuffs 9a is similarly placedon prongs of Fig. 2 is a front view of an embodiment of my therespective groups thereof adjoining the 4o invention arranged for use asan attachment to prongs on which the first cuff was attached. The 40 andshown in operative relation with an ordinary prongs selected forattachment of the second wire coat hanger; cuff thereto are, of course,both situated in the Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the linesame direction away from the prongs to which 3-3 of Fig. 2, as indicatedby the arrows, and i the first cuff was attached. It should be appar-Fig. 4 is a front view of another embodiment ent that the trousers willdepend from the hanger 45 of y invention. with the waist band of thetrousers lowermost Referring to the drawing and particularly to and thatthe hanger will maintain the trouser Fig. 1, an embodiment of myinvention incorcuffs under tension to effectively retain the creaseporated in the same structure with a wire coat therein. The trouser legsWil also h ng in such hanger, is shown. The structure includes a hookmanner as to tend to retain the creases therein. 5 carried by a shank 5from which downwardly Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate a form of my trousers andoutwardly sloping side portions I extend in hanger adapted to be used asan attachment for accordance with conventional construction of anordinary wire coat hanger such as the hanger wire coat hangers. In placeof the usual hori- Ill. The hanger Ill includes the usual horizonzontalportion found in the conventional coat tally extending lower portionIlla. The embodiment oi my invention shown in Figs. 2 and 3 consists ofa preferably rectangular sheet II of material such as, for example,cardboard. The sheet is folded along its longitudinal center line so asto divide the sheet into a pair of registering halves Ha thereof. Thesheet I I may be placed in straddling relationv with the portion Ilia ofthe hanger In so that the respective halves Ha will depend from theportion Hla of the hanger. Adjacent the respective ends thereof, thefolded sheet Ii is cut away in both of the halves Ila thereof to formrespective series or groups of upwardly projecting prongs or fingerslib. The manner of attachment of a pair of trousers to the prongs lib issimilar to the manner of attachment of a pair of trousers to the firstdescribed form of my device, with the exception that the sheet ll doesnot afiord the resiliency which is present in the first describedembodiment.

Fig. 4 illustrates an embodiment of my invention adapted solely forsupport for a pair of trousers thereby. This embodiment is made ofresilient wire and includes a hook I! carried by a shank l3 from thelower portion of which respective parts I 4 of the wire extend generallyhorizontally outwardly. The outwardly projecting portions ll of the wireare bent so as to form a series or group of upwardly projecting fingersor prongs a on each of the wire portions I4.-

Trousers may be attached to the prongs Na in the same manner in whichtrousers are attached to the prongs 8a of the first described embodimentor my invention. All parts of the device shown in Fig. 4 are disposedsubstantially in a single vertical plane.

In the respective above described embodiments of my invention, theprongs or fingers of each of the two groups thereof are similar and aredisposed in spaced parallel relation with each other. Also the twogroups of prongs or fingers are spaced apart and all of the fingers ineach embodiment are in the same common plane.

It should be obvious that a pair of trousers supported by my device willbe retained in engagement with the prongs of the device by means of thepull of gravity, instead of the pull of gravity tending to disengage thetrousers from the device. The construction is such that no unwantedcreases or marks will be made on the trousers. The devices of Figs. 1and 2 are such that a second pair of trousers may be folded and hungover the lower portion of the wire structure.

It is apparent that I have invented a novel, simple, compact andinexpensive type oi trousers hanger which may be made in a structureadapted for use as a coat hanger, also which may be made as an'accessoryattachable to a common coat hanger, or may be made as a device solelyfor use as a trousers hanger.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe form, details. arrangement and proportions of the various partswithout departing from the scope or the present invention which,generally stated, consists in the matter shown and described and setforth in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A trousers hanger'including, relatively thin and rigid material bentto form a supporting shank from thelower end of which respective freeend portions of said material project oppositely, said projectingportions each being bent alternately upwardly and downwardly to formrespective spaced horimntally extending groups of horizontally spaced,upwardly projecting prongs, the centers of said respective groups beingspaced apart by a distance corresponding approximately to half thecircumference of the average trousers cufi.

2. A trousers hanger comprising, a pair of wires joined and suitablybent to form a supporting shank and having respective free end portionsprojecting oppositely from the lower end of said shank, said oppositelyprojecting wire portions each being bent to form a substantiallyhorizontal series of horizontally spaced, upwardly projecting prongs,the centers of said respective series being spaced apart by a distancecorresponding approximately to halt the circumference of the averagetrousers cult.

3. A trousers hanger comprising, wire bent to form a supporting shankwith respective free end portions of the wire extending oppositely fromthe lower end of said shank, said free end portions each being bentdownwardly at intervals along its length to form a series of U-shapeddepending elements whereby portions of said depending elementsconstitute prongs projecting upwardly from the level of the lower endsof said elements, the centers of said respective series being spacedapart by a distance corresponding approximately to halt thecircumference of the average trousers cuif.

WILLIAM A. NELSON.

